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An update on this story. “Pakistan lifts curbs on YouTube,” from the Associated Press: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s telecoms regulator said Tuesday it has lifted restrictions on the YouTube Web site that led to the knocking out of access to the popular video-sharing site in many other countries for a few hours over the weekend. […]

How ironic that a site that has richly earned the moniker DhimmiTube still can’t please the Pakistanis. “Pakistan blocks YouTube for ‘blasphemous’ content: officials,” from AFP (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): ISLAMABAD (AFP) “” Pakistan has ordered all Internet service providers to block the YouTube website for containing “blasphemous” content and material considered offensive to […]

They justify suicide bombing, also. Misunderstanders of Islam? Actually, this is a statement by 30 prominent Islamic scholars in Pakistan. “Statement by 30 Prominent Pakistani Islamic Scholars: “The Taliban Are Not Terrorists; Do Not Look Through American Eyes at [Those You Call] ‘Terrorists,’” from MEMRI (thanks to Sr. Soph): In late January 2008, 30 prominent […]

What happens when violent jihadists are confronted with democracy in action? This. “Pakistan suicide blast kills 27: interior minister,” from AFP (thanks to JE): A suicide bomber has killed at least 27 people at an election rally in the northwestern town of Parachinar that borders Afghanistan, interior minister Hamid Nawaz told AFP on Saturday. “It […]

It’s Friday, the Friday sermons have been delivered, and you know what that means… It’s Rage Time! From AP: Pakistani men burn a Danish flag during a protest rally, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, in Karachi, Pakistan. Angered over the reproduction of Prophet Muhammad cartoons in Denmark, some hundreds of people rallied Friday in various parts […]

Hmmm. What would masked men in Pakistan, near the Afghan border, want with nuclear experts? Perhaps they want to discuss how nuclear bombs violate the peaceful teachings of Islam. Yeah, that must be it. “Nuclear experts kidnapped in Pakistan,” from Agence France-Presse (thanks to Dav): TWO Pakistani nuclear energy officials have been abducted by masked […]

Islamic law allows a Muslim man to marry a non-Muslim woman, but forbids a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim man. Know your place, dhimmi! “Pakistan Christian ‘Kidnapped’ For Trying To Marry Muslim,” by Jawad Mazhar for BosNewsLife (thanks to The Religion of Peace): LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)– The father of a Pakistani Christian continued to […]

Mullah Dadullah was seen congratulating the suicide bomber teams in a video last summer. “Top Taliban chief arrested,” by Maaz Khan for Agence France-Presse (thanks to all who sent this in): PAKISTANI security forces wounded and captured a top Taliban commander in a shootout, police said, days after Islamabad denied the presence of senior militants […]

“In my opinion, the jihadi threat from Pakistan is the biggest emerging threat we are facing in Europe. Pakistan is an ideological and training hotbed for jihadists, and they are being exported here.” “Terror Threat From Pakistan Said to Expand,” by Elaine Sciolino for the New York Times (thanks to Davida): BARCELONA, Spain “” As […]

Fiend, er, Friend and Ally Update. By Tabassum Zakaria for Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mullah Omar and other Taliban leaders are directing insurgency operations in Afghanistan from the Pakistani city of Quetta, while al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is operating from Pakistan’s tribal areas, a senior U.S. administration official said on Friday. Bin Laden, […]